Overview

• Police arrested two suspects described as minors after reviewing more than 100 CCTV feeds and questioning dozens, while a third suspect remains at large with a last location traced near Salkanpur.
• Investigators recovered the Android handset believed to contain confidential data after the accused disclosed it was buried in a four-foot-deep pit near their home in Durga Nagar, wrapped in polythene.
• The officer’s iPhone was abandoned near the scene shortly after the theft, according to earlier police accounts, as the culprits fled from the Char Imli area.
• The incident occurred late Tuesday inside Char Imli, a high-security colony housing top officials, when three bike-borne assailants snatched two phones from IG (Intelligence) Dr Ashish during a walk with his wife.
• Crime Branch and Cyber teams led the probe but reported limited or defunct CCTV coverage and poor lighting as hurdles, while opposition leaders criticized security lapses in the VIP zone.